Abstracts (upto 1,000 words) of proposed papers should be submitted as soon as possible but no later than the abstract submission date (see important dates below). Authors will be notified of acceptance by the Conference Editors. Final acceptance will be based upon review of the full length paper which must be received before the full paper deadline. Abstracts should be sent:

• by email to the special session organisers; or
• using the electronic submission form. When submitting please remeber to select the correct conference, i.e. CC2009 or CSC2009.

The conference has a strict "No Paper - No Podium" rule (i.e. conference presentations can only be made if they have a corresponding accepted paper in the proceedings).

Only TWO contributed papers will be allowed for each conference participant. If you wish to submit more than two papers, you must register a co-author.

The Conference Editors are Professor Barry H.V. Topping (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK and University of Pécs, Hungary), Professor L.F. Costa Neves (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Professor R.C. Barros (University of Porto, Portugal) and Professor Y. Tsompanakis (Technical University of Crete, Greece). For information concerning editorial matters, please contact:

• Professor Barry H.V. Topping
  Editorial Office
  Dun Eaglais
  Station Brae, Kippen
  Stirling, FK8 3DY, UK
  Tel: 44(0)1786 870 191
  Fax: 44(0)1786 870 167
  Email: conf2009 AT civil-comp.com

After acceptance of your abstract, you may prepare the full length paper for publication in the Conference Proceedings. Instructions on formatting your paper and how to send it to the Conference Editors can be found on the Paper Submission page. Please follow the instructions on this page carefully.

Please take note of these important dates when planning your participation to this conference:

Abstract submission (final call)	extended to 28 February 2009 earlier submission is advised
Full paper deadline	as advised by the editor in your abstract acceptance email
Last day for author registrations	1 July 2009
Programme is released	15 August 2009
The conference	1-4 September 2009